allot (verb)
1allot — verb has inflected forms allots, allotted, allotting, but note allotment (one t) …
2allot — ► VERB (allotted, allotting) ▪ apportion or assign to. DERIVATIVES allottee noun. ORIGIN Old French aloter, from Latin loter divide into lots …
3allot — al‧lot [əˈlɒt ǁ əˈlɑːt] verb allotted PTandPP allotting PRESPART [transitive] to decide officially to give something to someone or to use something for a particular purpose: • Each employee was allotted 100 shares in the company. * * * allot UK… …
4allot — verb allotted, allotting (T) to decide officially to give something to someone or use something for a particular purpose: allot sth to: You may find it useful to allot 20 minutes each day to this task. | allot sb sth: The boys were allotted a… …
5allot — I verb addicere, administer, adsignare, allocate, appoint, apportion, assign, deal, delimit, demarcate, designate, dispense, disperse, dispose, distribuere, distribute, divide, dole, earmark, indicate, measure, mete, mete out, parcel out,… …
6allot — verb /əˈlɒt,əˈlɑt/ a) To distribute by lot. b) To distribute, or parcel out in parts or portions; or to distribute to each individual concerned; to assign as a share or lot; to set apart as ones share; to bestow on; to grant; to appoint; as, let… …
7allot — verb (allots, allotting, allotted) give or apportion (something) to someone. Derivatives allottee noun Origin C15: from OFr. aloter, from a (from L. ad to ) + loter divide into lots …
8allot — verb Councilwoman Crane has asked why so much tax revenue was allotted to park restoration Syn: allocate to, assign to, apportion to, distribute to, issue to, grant to; earmark for, designate for, set aside for; hand out to/for, deal out to/for,… …
9allot — transitive verb (allotted; allotting) Etymology: Middle English alotten, from Anglo French aloter, from a (from Latin ad ) + lot, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English hlot lot Date: 15th century 1. to assign as a share or portion …
10allot — UK [əˈlɒt] / US [əˈlɑt] verb [transitive] Word forms allot : present tense I/you/we/they allot he/she/it allots present participle allotting past tense allotted past participle allotted to give someone part of an amount of something that is… …
